Metrotube fix is now live in the Windows Phone Store

Metrotube was recently pulled due to YouTube alterations that broke playback. The developer has got in touch with us to reveal that an update containing a fix has been submitted and should be live in the Store within the next 24 hours (it is currently live for those in the US). The app update has passed certification, meaning consumers will be seeing the release shortly.

Metrotube for Windows Phone 7 is also updated to include video preloading for offline playback, which is already sported on Windows Phone 8. This will bring the legacy version up-to-date with the app on the latest version of Windows Phone. YouTube has continuously broken connectivity of Windows Phone third-party apps that offer consumers a way to watch videos online.

It's good to see an update so quickly released. You can download Metrotube from the Windows Phone Store for $0.99 (£0.79).

Google needs to stop stupid game they are playing rendering app unsusable. I am not going to buy an android phone just for YouTube. So google may as well stop that stupidity and act the "done be evil" crap they seems to follow.

To each their own. I have HTC YouTube, LazyTube, SuperTube and MetroTube all installed and I still prefer to use the website on my phone. For the 1 in 1000 videos where I actually need to use precision scrubbing I'll switch to an app or use my desktop. Otherwise skipping forwards works great.

Here's a question for the Pocket Now staff that maybe you can answer.
When Google changed it's API why weren't Windows 8 and Windows RT YouTube apps not affected? I would assume they would treat Windows RT/8 the same shabby way they treat Windows Phone 7.5/8

WP can't continue to keep going like this. There is no alternative to YouTube and for being popular as it is, WP needs it. But the monopoly Google have over is just outrages and I just cannot believe regulators allowed google this purchase. Something needs to be done about it!

Metrotube is still not available in the Windows Store in my country but the app I have had in my phone works just fine. Don't watch youtube that much so I have no idea how well or badly it worked previous to the fix.